post written by: Marc
10 Things We Can’t Have Without
the Other
Because one without the other makes less sense than none at all…
Ideas rose in clouds; I felt them collide until pairs interlocked,
so to speak, making a stable combination.
- Jules H. Poincare
- Money without Labor – We do not value what we do not earn.
- Loyalty without Trust – Loyalty will vanish in the absence of trust.
- Appreciation without Education – We cannot fully appreciate what we do not fully understand.
- Wisdom without Experience – True wisdom is the product of many life experiences.
- Power without Checks and Balances – Unfettered power leads to greed and corruption.
- Business without Sincerity – Crooked businessmen are prison bound… if they’re lucky.
- Success without Sacrifice – Success doesn’t find us, we find it.
- Policy without Justification – Without justification, policy is just another form of tyranny.
- Happiness without Peace of Mind – A mind at ease is already pleased.
- Beginnings without Endings – A great, new beginning rises from another beginning’s end.
Agree? Disagree? Can you think of any more?
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33 Comments
December 10th, 2008 at 5:35 pm
Great list! Only one I can think of right off the top of my head would be Value without Demand.
December 10th, 2008 at 5:40 pm
Not sure I agree with #3, I certainly don’t understand my wife, but I do appreciate her
December 10th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
Nice list! How about Love and Marriage? You can’t have one without the other, brother.
December 10th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
Faith without works?
December 10th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Can I add success without failure?
December 10th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Dualities! You would like a book by a poet friend of mine: http://www.prismind.com
He has a list on his home page “Expressions
of Quantum Complementarity, in Prism Theory”
He’s in China now exploring a new life from the US state of mind…
December 10th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Left/right, black/white, man/woman
I think it is human nature to perceive the duality of things. It is divine to perceive that in reality they are all part of the same whole. G.
December 10th, 2008 at 11:16 pm
Many people want money without labor. They see popular people before them and how easy they have it. They don’t see all the hard work it took to get to that point.
December 11th, 2008 at 1:52 am
I like point number 4 especially. “Wisdom without Experience – True wisdom is the product of many life experiences.” Wisdom does come from the experiences we face in life.
Thanks for sharing.
Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger
December 11th, 2008 at 3:13 am
Though I don’t think all of these are necessarily true - I do like the concept behind it. Very unique.
What sticks out in my mind is “wisdom without experience.” One can study wisdom, and the lives of others - and as a result gain it. More, one can prevent bad choices by learning about other peoples bad choices.
Good post.
December 11th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Smoke without fire
December 11th, 2008 at 6:10 am
@Tim: LOL… Angel confuses me too at times.
@CB: Thanks for the book tip. I’ll check it out.
@Grace: Well stated. Nuff said.
@Bamboo: Your point is a solid flip-side argument. However, I believe there is a difference between learned knowledge and experienced wisdom.
And thanks for the other insightful comments all.
December 11th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I like the list. But I can’t agree with number 3. So many things in nature I don’t understand but how I love and appreciate it.
December 11th, 2008 at 2:36 pm
Gandhi’s seven social sins are along the same line. I love the concept here.
December 11th, 2008 at 6:57 pm
What about Joy without Sorrow?
December 12th, 2008 at 6:59 am
I say frequently to friends with relationship porblems, “There can be no love where there is no trust, and there can be no trust where there is no vulerability”
December 12th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Love the list! Disagree with #6 though, at least as written. Sincerity can be misguided if not built upon a foundation of strong principles. I would suggest Business without Integrity.
December 12th, 2008 at 2:04 pm
Hi
community without sharing
Juliet
December 14th, 2008 at 4:55 am
This is a great list and would to see an update after all the comments. How about two more:
20. Life without death
21. Joy without sadness
xx. blogs without readers (joking)
Nicolas
December 14th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Courage without fear (courage is overcoming fear and doing it anyway; otherwise it’s just recklessness.)
And I would say faith without doubt, for many of the same reasons.
December 15th, 2008 at 1:50 am
up without down….literally or metaphorically!
December 15th, 2008 at 7:02 am
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December 15th, 2008 at 12:30 pm
How about;
Love without Forgiveness. Often we hurt or get hurt by others, love can not continue to exists with out forgiveness…
Monday without Friday. The working stiffs love Friday but hate Monday.
Great list!
timBER
December 15th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
“Beginnings without endings” seems realistic but maybe phrased in a slightly cynical manner. For a more “glass-half-full” / motivational approach, how about:
No endings without beginnings
December 17th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
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December 18th, 2008 at 12:29 am
I love articles like this. Simple articles= most profound. This is definitely one of those. I like the business analogies. They are so true. I know of no one who hasn’t sacrificed, put in work, or had to be sincere.
Many problems in society are related to the violation of these analogies. Don’t be one to make the mistake of violating them…you will lose.
Cheers,
Brad
December 18th, 2008 at 6:46 am
Up without down, just look at the current market situation
December 20th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
So many of us want money without labor. Even the richest people have to keep track of what’s going on with their money otherwise they lose track of it.
January 7th, 2009 at 12:04 pm
life without taxes?
January 17th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Man without Woman. Without a Woman companion, a Man’s life is a total emptiness.
A Lock without a Key. No Key means the Lock, no matter how good it is made, is a useless one.
A party without girls. What is the use of partying if there are no girls in the first place.
January 17th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Wisdom is NOT the sum total of experience. Wisdom is the search for truth. Actual truth, not just trying to reinforce something you already believe.
A young man that is open minded and listens to many others with differing experiences will be far wiser than an old man who only thinks his own experience is valid.
The search for truth is like finding a needle in a haystack. The best way is to roll around in it naked. Become bare to it, and accept that it will likely come painfully.
January 25th, 2009 at 4:18 pm
I was thinking something like…
Belief without Need -”Our beliefs are about our need for them more than they are about the truth”.
Truth without Belief - “Truth and beliefs have nothing to do with reality”.
might spark some debate
February 6th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Note: The following is just my opinion.
1. See any snobby rich kid who was born into fame, do you think they value money? Do you think they earned it?
2.You don’t need trust to be loyal. There are many emotions that can be enough of a reason to fuel loyalty.
3.Doesn’t make much sense at all to be honest…how many of you understand how when you flick the switch, the light comes on…be honest.
4.You don’t need many(or any) life experiences to gain wisdom. A person teaching you lessons is as good as you experiencing those lessons yourself.
5.False(my opinion once again). It is not the power that leads to corruption and greed, it is a weak willed individual that leads to corruption and greed. Think about it religiously, God is known to have absolute power…is God corrupt or greedy?
6.Mmkay…so what about all the ones who were using some shady tactics but for a good cause? I.E. Rising up through the ranks of a company any means necessary to really make a change and a positive one at that, instead of letting the company rot away with a bad C.E.O.
7.*sigh* How can you find something you’re not looking for? Success finds people all the time, can be from money finding its way into people’s hands to the love of your life having come to you when you needed them most in the past.
8.Without justification, policy is policy without justification. May not be totally up forth and coming but it’s not as extreme as you make it sound.
9.You can be happy but have your mind in total disarray. Take for instance you find your lover cheating on you, so you in turn cheat on them and they suddenly walk in on you and you see their heart breaking, you’re extremely happy you caused them pain but is your mind really at peace?
10.Then tell me this: What beginning’s end sparked about the beginning of the universe?
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